Class Reflection Week Six

The album "Help" by the Beatles was, I think my favorite album we have listened to so far. It brought back the most memories because it had a lot of songs i was really familiar with and I really like the order that the album is in, something we talked about in class. I think it is unfortunate that this element has changed in the album industry. When listening to an album I listen to the whole thing in order at least once, something that is not common now a days and I think all of the artists are shoving their music to the front of the album, the music that people will love the most. 

This got me thinking about how it isn't as common to push all of the popular music to the front in rap because in rap albums are used to tell stories and give a series of events and in a story the main event happens in the middle and at the end. 

It is common for there to be an intro or a song that starts a mood or a theme and believe it or not an outro may even be present. 

Here are some recent rap albums that present this pattern. 

Here are the first and last songs from Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor II

First and last for stoned immaculate by curren$y

These songs are neutral and don't really draw my attention and i think it is good that rap artists can still trust their listeners.